Fountain shaving brush



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March 1932- M. VON RADICS ET AL FOUNTAIN SHAVING BRUSH Filed Oct. 9,1950 Patented Mar. 15, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOUNTAIN SHAVING BRUSH application filed October 9, 1930. Serial No. 487,455.

Our invention relates to improvements in fountain shaving brushes.

An object of our invention is to provlde within the handle of theshaving brush a 5 storage member for the shaving cream, thereby addinggreatly to convenience in shaving and also to convenience in traveling,as our combined brush and shaving cream container occupies only thespace of one article, instead of two.

A further object is to provide meansfor introducing a charge of shavingcream into the approximate center of the bristles of the brush, therebyinsuring an even distribution of the lather throughout the bristles.

Other objects and advantages of our invention will appear in thedrawings, description and appended claims.

Broadly, our invention consists of a shaving brush comprising a tubularor hollow handle member, a brush removably secured to the handle, astorage cylinder for the cream that is removably secured within thetubular or hollow handle, a valve in the storage cylinder extending intothe center of the brush, means for ejecting a charge of shaving creamthrough the valve into the brush, and a closure cap on the open or lowerend of the storage cylinder with means therein for opening and closingthe valve.

-A preferred form of our invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the completebrush, showing the valve operating and cap means for indicating the openand closed positions of the cream discharge valve, and

hook means for removing the piston from the storage cylinder when thecylinder is to be refilled.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1, showingthe valve construction, the cream cylinder, actuating piston and cap.

Fig. 3 is an end View of the valve on line 8-3 of Fig. 2, showing thevalve in a closed position.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the valve in an open position.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the closure cap, showing the key whichrevolves the storage cylinder when the cap is turned and the pm whichretains the cap in place on the tubular brush handle, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the end of the brush handle and storagecylinder showing the key socket in the storage cylinder, the bayonetjoint construction in the handle for retaining the cap in place, andindicating means for the open and closed positions of the valve.

Referring to the drawings in detail, in which like numerals refer tolike parts throughout I A collar member 1, in which is secured thecemented end 2 of the bristles of the brush 3, is frictionally securedin the recessed or socket end 4 of the tubular or hollow brush handle 5.The socket 4 is formed with an end wall 6, from which extends thecylindrical portion 7, having the closed end 8 which is formed with theopening 9, eccentrically disposed with relation to the center of the end8. The cylindrical part 7 extends through the opening 10 in the cementedend 2 of the brush 3. The shaving cream storage member 11 slips into thetubular hollow handle 5 of the brush which is formed with theprojecting, cylindrical end portion 12, in the closed end 13, of whichis an opening 14; whose center is eccentrically located at the samedistance from the common axis of the parts 7 and 12, as the opening 9.

The opposite end of the cream storage member 11 is open, and formed witha recess or keyway 15 out in the edge 16, as shown. The plunger orpiston 17 is formed with the push button 18. This plunger isfrictionally and movably retained within the cream storage cylinder 11.The end 19 of the handle 5 is formed with the passageway or slot 20which leads into the arc-shaped slot 21 that extends in oppositedirections from the slot 20. A.cap 22, knurled on the outside forconvenience in turning, when grasped by the hand, is formed with the keyor pin 23 and a central opening 24 in the end 25. A pin 26, in the cap22, when the cap is assembled, engages in the arc-shaped slot 21, andserves the dual purpose of retaining the cap 22 in place on thetubular'member or brush handle 5 and acting as a stop for the open andclosed positions of the valve 12. The open and closed positions of thevalve and the location of the pin 26 in the slot 21 are indicated on thehandle 5 by appropriate letters or marks as O and C, as shown at 27. Anopening 28 in the push button 18 of the piston or plunger provides forthe removal of the plunger 17 when it becomes necessary to refillthecream storage cylinder 11 for this purpose, a wire hook 29formedwvith a finger ring 30, is inserted in the openlng 28, and theplunger is then pulled out of the cream cylinder 11.

In operation, when it is desired to inject a charge of shaving creaminto the brush the cap or ring 22 is turned into the pin 26 has beenmoved from the closed or C position to the 0 en or O osition. Since thecap is keyed to the storage cylinder by means of the key 23 entering theslot 15, it turns the cylinder when the cap is rotated until the valveopenings 9 and 14 register. A slight push on the bottom of the plungerforces a charge of cream through the openings 9 and 14 into the bristlesof the brush. The cap is then turned back to closed or .C position,turning the cylinder and returning the opening 14 to the position shownin Fig. 3, thereby closing the opening 9. When the cream has beenexhausted, the cap 22 is removed by aligning the pin 26 with the'slot20. The plunger 17 drawn out, by means of the hook 29, the creamcylinder 11 can then be refilled, and the plunger and cap replaced.

What we claim is:

1. In a fountain shaving brush, a tubular handle member, a storagecasing member for the shaving cream located within said handle member,and means for ejecting a charge of the shaving cream into the bristlesof said brush, said means including registering valve openings in saidcream storage casing member an in said handle member and extending.

and formed with an extended valve .portion' which fits within the saidvalve body and having an opening eccentrically located therein, meansfor turning said storage cream casing member for the purpose ofregistering the opening in the valve body with the opening in the valve,and means for ejecting a charge of shaving cream from the storage casingmember through said openings into the bristles of the brush.

3. In a fountain shaving brush construction having a tubular handle Withan open end, a shaving cream storage casing member removably insertablewithin said handle, a valve communicating between said casing member andthe central portions of the bristles of'the brush, a pushable plunger insaid casing for the purpose of expellin a charge of shaving creamthrough said va ve, a rotatable cap removably secured to the open end ofthe handle and keyed to the cream storage casing for the purpose ofopening and closing said valve by turning said cap, and means on saidcap and said handle for indicating the position of said valve.

4. A fountain shaving brush comprising a tubular handle having a socketportion, a brush head removably secured in the socket, a shaving creamcontainer removably secured within the handle, avalve providing apassage between said container and the bristles of said brush, a capkeyed to said container and removably secured to the handle for thepurpose of opening and closing said valve, a push plunger in saidcontainer for the purpose of forcing a charge of shaving cream throughsaid valve, and means for removing said cap and said plunger for thepurpose of refilling said container.

5. A fountain shaving brush comprising in combination, a tubular handle,formed with an arc-shaped slot and a slot leading to the arc-shapedslot, the handle having a tubular extension portion with an opening inits end, a removable cream containing member insertable within thetubular handle, the container member having a tubular extension whichenters the tubular extension of the handle, and an eccentric opening inits end for registering with the opening in the tubular extension of thehandle, a brush head located on the first mentioned tubular extension,ring means connected to the cream container member for rotating the sameto cause the openings to register, a cream expelling member, and meanson the ring means located in the arc-shaped slot for removably retainingthe ring means on the tubular handle. 1

6. A fountain shaving brush comprising in combination, a tubular handle,formed with an arc-shaped slot and a slot leading to the arc-shapedslot, the handle having a tubular extension portion with an opening inits end, a removable cream containing member insertable within thetubular handle, the container member having a tubular extension whichenters the tubular extension of the handle, and an eccentric opening inits end for registering with the opening in the tubular extension of thehandle, a brush head located on the first mentioned tubular extension,ring means connected to the cream container member for rotating the sameto cause the openings to register, a cream expelling member, and meanson the ring means located in the areshaped slot for removably retainingthe ring means on the tubular handle, said means comprising a pin on thering and a slot which enters the arc-shaped slot.

MAX VON RADICS.

RAYMOND LASKER.

